You are required to complete a research paper on a topic of
your choice. The topic must be related to something we will cover this
term.The goals are to examine am
aspect of a society that we are studying in greater detail than we can in
class, and to improve your research, writing, and critical thinking
skills.

Length: 4-6 pages, typed, double-spaced, 10-12 Font,
Times New Roman

Sources:Please use a minimum of four sources.They may include books, periodicals, and/or newspapers.Two internet sources may be used provided
that the site is: from an accredited university, official government site,
newspaper or periodical, or an e-book.

Documenting Your Sources: Please include a list of
"works cited" at the back of the paper, in proper format, in addition
to notation in the parenthetical documentation form in the body of the
paper.See the links on research
writing for help.

Due Dates:

Monday,
March 10- Thesis Statement with one paragraph proposal

Monday,
March 31- Draft Outline-

Begin with a statement of
controlling purpose. Your statement of controlling purpose should be a sentence
or a pair of sentences that states what you want to accomplish in your paper.
-I.e. “Political and military
competition, including the creation of a strong naval force, economic
competition among industrial nations, and a belief in the racial and cultural
superiority of people of Anglo-Saxon decent made American imperialism at the
turn of the 20th century inevitable.”Divide the draft into two or more major sections introduced by
Roman numerals.Each major section is
divided into two or more subsections introduced by capital letters.The subsections may be divided into
sub-sections introduced by Arabic numerals and those into sub-sub-subsections
introduced by lowercase letters.To
come up with this, you will have to do a considerable amount of preliminary
research.This should be reflected in
your outline; you basically should be ready to write your paper at this point. The quality of your draft will be noted and
applied to your final grade. The failure to hand in a draft outline, or handing
it in late, will negatively impact your final grade.T